RE: [WinMac] Re: iMac
Michael Ayotte(apple[at]riverview.com)
>Look at those new G3s. Ok, so they have the same basic design as the iMac >as far as case goes etc right? Who are these aimed at? Most likely the >higher end people, perhaps even more specifically the graphics departments. >Since when do you see graphics departments using disks more than home users? >If one of those categories were to use disks, it would be the home users as >those G3s will probably be on a network, yet they have a floppy drive (I >checked to make sure it wasn't a zip or anything, doesn't seem to be). If >Apple wanted to be innovative and remove the floppy drive, wouldn't you >think they would have put in a superdisk or zip drive?
Definately not! Those are both proprietary standards. Both superdisk and
Why not let the end user decide.
The one flaw in the iMac is that it does not come with either SCSI or
At work (where we have 4 iMacs), the lack of SCSI is not an issue. I
Of coarse this little trick only works if you have another machine with a
>Probably, but they
Exactly, it would completely stupid to increase the cost of the iMac to
I don't think an iMac makes a good first computer for this reason, but it
-- Michael Ayotte apple@riverview.com Asst. Dir. of IS Riverview Systems Group <http://www.riverview.com/>
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